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Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Usman Jutt was a man on a mission – till vanity got in the way. He successfully infiltrated into India from Pakistan with the objective of establishing a sleeper cell, but put that on hold while he checked into a medical clinic in Srinagar for a hair transplant. Nor is Jutt the...

NEW DELHI: Temperatures topped 46 degrees C at several places on a torrid Tuesday, the season’s hottest day in Delhi, with the punishing prospect of a weeklong spell of broiling heat in store. The met department has sounded orange alerts for heatwave conditions across the city till May 25, reports Kushagra Dixit. The mercury crossed...

NEW DELHI: Mamata Banerjee said the BJP-led Central government would be “removed from power” in the future, days after her party, TMC, suffered a major defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections.During a meeting with party MLAs in Kalighat, the former West Bengal CM said, “BJP will be removed from power in Delhi in the...

NEW DELHI: A day after Supreme Court disapproved of its own order denying bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, saying it violated a larger bench ruling, difference of opinion among benches reverberated in the court’s hearing on bail plea of other accused in the 2020 Delhi riots cases, with police on Tuesday telling...

NEW DELHI: Holding that constitutional balance must tilt in favour of human life if it clashes with welfare of animals, Supreme Court Tuesday strongly reaffirmed its Nov 2025 order to remove stray dogs from public institutions and spaces – hospitals, schools, colleges, playgrounds – noting that dog bite cases have assumed an “alarming proportion”. It...

Space collaboration got a big boost during PM Modi’s visit to Europe. Sweden has formally joined India’s orbiter mission to the Venus planet by signing an agreement to collaborate on the interplanetary mission. And the Norwegian Space Agency has signed an MoU with Isro to give a new dimension to space cooperation between the two...

LUCKNOW: Banda in Uttar Pradesh baked at a blistering 48.2 Celsius Tuesday, turning roads gummy, metal searing hot and afternoon air into a blast furnace. Bundelkhand’s parched district has emerged as Asia’s hottest location four times in a month and topped global heat charts twice, a grim badge for a place meteorologists and geologists described...

NEW DELHI: Keeping with the Madhya Pradesh high court’s order, ASI has allowed full access to Hindus to the Bhojhshala complex for worship of Goddess Saraswati.Drawing from HC’s May 15 verdict, ASI said the court ruled that Bhojshala in Dhar district is a protected monument and a temple of Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati).“The court has also...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the continuation of the conflict with Iran, saying he would not allow Tehran to develop nuclear weapons regardless of whether the decision is politically “popular” or not.Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump said preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons remains a priority for his administration and...

LUCKNOW: As Uttar Pradesh continues to reel under a spell of scorching summer heat, one district in Bundelkhand region stands out for a grimmer reason — emerging as the hottest city in the world twice and in Asia thrice in the past one month.Bundelkhand’s Banda district not only emerged as the hottest place in India...